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horizontal definition [2 records]

Record 1 2007-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Music (General)
DEF

The degree to which sounds [e.g. from musical instruments] that follow one another stand apart.

OBS

definition: In concert hall acoustics, definition, like clarity, refers to the degree to which individual strands in a musical presentation can be differentiated from each other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Séparation de deux instruments de musique jouant l'un après l'autre.

OBS

La définition horizontale se définit par la réverbération et par le rapport de niveau sonore entre champ direct et champ réverbéré. On doit aussi y ajouter le tempo, les notes répétées dans une phrase musicale et leur niveau sonore relatif.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Applications of Automation
  • Mathematics
DEF

the number of individual picture elements or dots that can be distinguished in a horizontal scanning line of a television or facsimile image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Infographie
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Mathématiques
DEF

le nombre maximal de points alternativement noirs et blancs que l'on peut distinguer le long d'une ligne horizontale de l'image.

OBS

résolution horizontale : terme retenu dans ISO/CEI JTC N1746, 1995.

Spanish

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